China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society. The growth of 5.4 percent was the slowest since the 1960s, due in part to falling birthrates and a sharp drop in the number of working-age people. [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. "This is a promising development in our fight against the virus," said President Joe Biden. "If you are a parent who wants to protect your child, or a teenager who [...]
Efforts in Seychelles to protect more of its ocean territory have been given an added boost with the island nation now represented on the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project. Former President James Michel is one of the five ocean ambassadors of the project which is supporting an initiative for Blue Nature Alliance aimed at securing [...]
In an exclusive interview with the Seychelles News Agency on Monday, the Head of State of Seychelles -- Wavel Ramkalawan -- said the island nation remains a safe destination for visitors where the vaccination campaign has proven to be effective. Ramkalawan said, Seychelles -- an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean -- as an example to [...]
Maldives police said Saturday that "religious extremists" staged the attempt to assassinate former president Mohamed Nasheed, who has been taken off life support in hospital. They said two men had been arrested for the bomb attack on the 53-year-old democracy pioneer and climate activist in the capital, Male, on Thursday night. Nasheed underwent 16 hours [...]
Britain on Monday was set to announce a further easing of its coronavirus lockdown, joining several European nations in gradually reopening their economies, but India remained in the grip of a devastating outbreak. Rapid vaccination programmes have allowed a number of wealthy nations to start taking steps towards normality, but the virus is still surging [...]
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) is inviting young Seychellois professionals with a passion for conservation to apply for grants meant to support early-career scientists, conservationists and educators who have original and innovative projects. “It represents a unique opportunity for these early-career professionals to make their first mark in the realm of marine conservation and [...]
A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down. Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which had [...]
Research by the group Save Our Seas has found that the nursery areas of the Seychelles giant trevally need to be preserved to ensure the species' survival. Locally known as 'karang ledan', the giant trevally is a popular, sought-after prize fish in Seychelles, particularly in the big-game sportfishing industry. The giant trevally is a fish [...]
Around 80 percent of people in Seychelles recently infected with COVID-19 have not been vaccinated, a top official said on Saturday. Though infections have risen recently, thanks to the island nation's vaccination programme which was rolled out in January, people are not seriously ill and the health system is not under pressure Sylvestre Radegonde, the [...]
